diff --git a/pandas/core/config_init.py b/pandas/core/config_init.py
index 3c3d21e58efaf..5456e2f35778c 100644
--- a/pandas/core/config_init.py
+++ b/pandas/core/config_init.py
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ def use_numba_cb(key) -> None:
     a summary view. 'None' value means unlimited.
 
     In case python/IPython is running in a terminal and `large_repr`
-    equals 'truncate' this can be set to 0 and pandas will auto-detect
+    equals 'truncate' this can be set to 0 or None and pandas will auto-detect
     the width of the terminal and print a truncated object which fits
     the screen width. The IPython notebook, IPython qtconsole, or IDLE
     do not run in a terminal and hence it is not possible to do
-    correct auto-detection.
+    correct auto-detection and defaults to 20.
 """
 
 pc_max_categories_doc = """